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Posts Tagged ‘Easter’
Christ IS Risen . . . TODAY
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 9th, 2012
“Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” It’s easy to gloss over the fact that the verbs go from past tense, to present tense, to future tense.
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Comments OffAn Empty Tomb
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 8th, 2012
On this Sunday church bells peal, choirs sing, flowers adorn altars and all rejoice in the resurrection. How have others explained this event of a missing body, empty tomb, darkness to light, death to life?
|Easter Dove Cake
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 7th, 2012
The Story of the Dove Cake is an Easter legend in Italy. Once there was a king who wanted to capture a city. His horse did not cooperated and would not enter battle. While trying to get his horse to charge through the city, a young girl offered the horse a piece of cake that was shaped like a dove, the bird of peace. Upon receiving this gift, the king decided not to conquer the city with his army after all.
|What is Resurrection?
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 5th, 2012
What does “resurrection” mean? The creeds speak of a “resurrection of the body.” Many Christians repeat the Nicene Creed every week without noticing what it says, and assume that the gospel has to do with the immortality of the soul. That, however, is a Greek idea and not what the apostles proclaimed.
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Tags: adults, Christianity, Easter, Jesus, resources, resurrection Comments OffEggs for Easter
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 3rd, 2012
During the Middle Ages eggs were not allowed to be eaten as part of the Lenten fast. So Easter Sunday became a day to celebrate with the eating of eggs. Children used to go house to house, singing and begging for eggs. They were paid in hard-boiled eggs, dyed with vegetables such as beetroot (red), spinach (green), onions (yellow)and tea (brown).
|The Great Vigil of Easter
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 2nd, 2012
Only the Eucharist itself is older than the liturgy of the Great Vigil. This service reenacts the passage from death into life.
|Has the Easter Bunny Stolen our “Alleluia”?
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 30th, 2012
A new child had arrived to join our Atrium the day we were in the midst of this annual Lenten ritual. So she had a right to be a bit in the dark about exactly what we were doing – even though I had made a brief attempt to explain it to her.
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Tags: children's ministry, Easter, Lent Comments OffGive a Gift to Yourself for Holy Week & Easter
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 19th, 2012
In Holy Week (April 1-7 this year) the church dramatizes the events leading up to and including the suffering of Jesus on the cross. At Easter we dramatize Jesus’ resurrection. We live in a very pluralistic society, but many people still recognize the significance of Holy Week and Easter even if they don’t attend a church.
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Tags: Easter, evangelism, Good Friday, Holy Week, hospitality, Maundy Thursday Comments OffSimpler Easter
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 10th, 2012
Focus on relationships with family, friends and other people, and with God, rather that on “stuff.” Spend your time, energy and money nurturing people, not things.
|Jesus and the Symbol of Animals
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 5th, 2012
For over hundreds of years, people have talked about how certain animals are like Jesus, gentle and strong, dying and rising. For children, these can be symbols to help understand difficult concepts and why we often refer to certain sayings and stories in the bible and connect them to the resurrection.
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Tags: children's ministry, Easter, family ministry, Jesus, resurrection Comments OffEaster Wheat
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 4th, 2012
The European custom of growing wheat at Easter, as a symbol of Jesus’ death and resurrection, is finding new popularity in our own times. It is a simple activity that can be done at home or with children in Church School during the waning days of Lent.
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